PMID- 24640527 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140407 LR - 20191210 IS - 0001-5385 (Print) IS - 0001-5385 (Linking) VI - 69 IP - 1 DP - 2014 Feb TI - Almanac 2013: Acute coronary syndromes. PG - 100-8 AB - Unstable coronary artery plaque is the most common underlying cause of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and can manifest as unstable angina, non-ST segment elevation infarction (NSTE-ACS), and ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), but can also manifest as sudden cardiac arrest due to ischaemia induced tachyarrhythmias. ACS mortality ha decreased significantly over the last few years, especially from the more extreme manifestations of ACS, STEMI, and cardiac arrest. This trend is likely to continue based on recent therapeutic progress which includes novel antiplatelet agents such as prasugrel, ticagrelor, and cangrelor. FAU - Meier, Pascal AU - Meier P FAU - Lansky, Alexandra J AU - Lansky AJ FAU - Baumbach, Andreas AU - Baumbach A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Acta Cardiol JT - Acta cardiologica JID - 0370570 RN - 0 (Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors) SB - IM MH - *Acute Coronary Syndrome/complications/diagnosis/therapy MH - Death, Sudden, Cardiac/etiology/*prevention & control MH - Electrocardiography/methods MH - Humans MH - Monitoring, Physiologic MH - *Myocardial Infarction/diagnosis/etiology/therapy MH - Outcome Assessment, Health Care MH - Percutaneous Coronary Intervention/*methods MH - *Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors/classification/therapeutic use MH - Time-to-Treatment MH - Tomography, Optical Coherence/methods MH - Ultrasonography, Interventional/methods EDAT- 2014/03/20 06:00 MHDA- 2014/04/08 06:00 CRDT- 2014/03/20 06:00 PHST- 2014/03/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/03/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/04/08 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.2143/AC.69.1.3011351 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Acta Cardiol. 2014 Feb;69(1):100-8. doi: 10.2143/AC.69.1.3011351.